CEMETERIES
Historic Coming Street Cemetery
Docent-led tours of the Coming Street Cemetery are available upon request by completing THIS FORM. We ask that you request cemetery tours no fewer than 48 hours in advance so that a docent can be scheduled.
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The Coming Street Cemetery’s Restoration Projects are funded thanks to generous support from the Charleston Jewish Federation, Stanley B. Farbstein Endowments, and the Henry and Sylvia Yaschik Foundation. Thank you!
For more information about some of the famous Jewish Charlestonians buried in the historic Coming Street Cemetery, visit www.JHSSC.org.
Check out this article from the Charleston Mercury.
Huguenin Avenue Cemetery
Except for a few family plots, all present-day burials occur in Beth Elohim’s Huguenin Avenue Cemetery, which was established in 1887 with the purchase of the land from the Washington Light Infantry.
The cemetery was expanded in 1991 on property bought from the Standard Oil Company in 1943. It contains the remains of persons buried since 1888 and remains and stones which were removed from three defunct graveyards: the DaCosta (1783-1939) and Harby (1799-1939) cemeteries on Hanover Street, and the Rikersville Cemetery (1857-1888).
Directions
From Calhoun Street take East Bay St. North and pass under the Cooper River Bridge. The street name changes and becomes Morrison Drive. On the right you will pass the recycling center and a noticeably pink, small building. At the next traffic light, which is Brigade Street, make a right. Cross the railroad tracks. At the end of Brigade Street, turn left onto Huguenin Avenue. The KKBE Cemetery will be immediately on the right side of the street.
